Automobile bed



F. B. COSPEH.

AUTOMOBILE BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. Ix 1921.

1,417,802. Patented May 3o, 1922.

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AUTOMOBILE BED.

APPLICATION FILED MIG. I, 1921.

Patented May 30, 1922.

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AUTOMOBLE BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1922.

Application filed August l, 1921. Serial No. 488,786.

T 0 all 7.071.072?. it 712.6012/ Comin/"n Be it known that I, linnn B. Cesena, a'

citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain nov.' and useful Improvements in Automobile Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to folding` beds for use in automobiles. Y

An object of my invention is to provide a strong and inexpensively constructed bed of this character which is adapted to be folded to occupy a small space in a car, and when extended Will assume a horizontal position above the car seats.

Another object of the invention is to provide a folding bed which is positively prevented from collapsing when in its extended position.

A further object of the invent-ion is to provide a folding bed which may be conveniently installed in or removed from an automobile.

Still other objects and advantages of the .invention will appear from the following description.

ln the accompanying di'aivings,-

Figure 1 is a vien7 in side elevation of my improved bed applied to an automobile body, said bed being` shovvn in its extended position. Fig-2 is a plan view of the same, and including a canvas cover, not shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail sectional views through 3%3, l-l and 5to of F 2.

Fig. (3 is a side elevation of the bed in itsv lolded position. F ig. 7 is a fragmentary front elevational view of Fig. (3, the fabric and bedding being omitted in Fig. 7. Fig. 8 .is a detail sectional view through Sqtu of liig. 2.

According to the present invention l provide a bed frame comprising head and foot sections which are indicated, Generally, by A and B in Figs. l, 2 and G. Said head section has a frame of a transverse bar 10 which is rigidly connected as by bolts 11, i or .an equivalent, to the rear ends of tubular side rails 12.

The foot section B has its frame formed With a transverse bar 18 having apertured lugs lil which extend through longitudinal slots 15 in the rear ends of tubular side rails 16.

The apertures of the respective lugs are threaded for engaging headed screws 17 ex tending through caps 18 provided on the respective rails 1.6. i

19 represents a relatively short spacing tube interposed between the adjacent eX? tremities 2O of the complementary rail members 12 and 16 at each side of the frame.

.Such complementary rail members are hingedly coupled with each other by means of a close Wound coil spring 21 crit-ending through the respective spacing tube into the members 12 and 1G and secured at its ends to pins 22 extendingl dianietrically through said members as shown in Fig. 8. The adjacent ends of the com idementary rail niembers are out away. or formed to provide openings 23 in the peripheries of the rails to accommodate the flexing of the spring 21 when the bed is in the folded position in which it is represented in Fig. G.

dlien the bed is extended, as shown in Figs. l and 2, l employ at each side a sleeve 24.- ivhich is movable telescopically over the spacing and rail tube joints to provide ar rigid connection between the complementary rail members and maintain the same in axial alignment with each other. Intermediate its length., the bed frame pivotally connectedto a supporting stand which is advantageously made of pipes and consisting of two post elements 25 which are secured by means of fittings 26 to a transversely arranged pipe element. 2T. These elements 2?' are pivotally eonnectedto the bed frame by means of couplings 2S, each having as best shown in Fig. 6, sleeve elements 29 and 30 which are arranged at right angles to cach other to respectively receive the stand element 2T and side rail member 16 of said frame. f

In an automobile body 31 having two seats, the stand above referred to is located to the rear of the baci; 32 (Fig. 1) of the forward seat and is detaehably secure-din place by means of unions 33 Whose associated elements arerespectively secured to posts 25 and attachments Se which latter are secured to the floor 3d of ear body 81.

The liead end of the bed frame is, moreover, supported by having the side rails l2 thereof seat in stationary brackets such as 3G which, as shown in Fig. Il, are secured to the devices 37 .such as usually provided at opposite sides of theA body 31 to receive the collapsible frame Work of a car-top.

The bed f tame is provided with any Well known or suitable resilient means upon which a mattress and bedding is supported as illustrated, such mattress support consists ot a plurality of chains 33 disposed longitudinally of the frame and in parallel relations with each other, said chains being connected to helical springs 39 which, in turn, are connected to the transverse bars 10 and 13 of the bed frame. When the bed is to be folded the bar 13 is moved toward the other bar 10 by suitably manipulating the screws 17 whereby the chains 38 are rendered slack. After the bed is extended said screws are employed to adjust the bar 13 for renderingthe chains 38 taut. In adjusting the frame into either its horizontal extended position or into its vertical folded position, the iframe rails 12 are slidably moved through the sleeve elements 30 of the respective coupling 28.

For changing the bed into either of these positions, the stand element 2T serves as a pivotal bearing for the trame.

When in its folded or vertical position as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, the two sections A and B are held apart by means of the springs 21 and spacing tubes 19 to aiiord vroom for bedding as indicated by` 40 in Fig. 6.

By the provision of the peripheral openings 23 in the Jframe rail members 12 and 16 to accommodate the respective springs 21, the extremities 2O of such members seat upon the car floor35 to firmly support the weight of the frame, bedding, etc., when the bed is carried in its folded position in the car.

The construction and operation of the invention will, it is believed, be understood from the foregoing description.

That Iclaim, is

1. In an automobile bed, a supporting stand,a bed Jframe comprising head and foot sections, resilient means connecting said sections in foldable relations with respect to each other, one of said sections being pivotally connected to said stand, and sleeve devices engaging members oi' both of said sections iior releasablyV securing the frame in its extended position.

2. In an automobile bed, a supporting stand, a bed frame comprising two oldably i connected sections, means engageable with members of'both of said sections for releasably retaining the same in aligned relations with each other, means pivotally connected to said stand and slidably connected to said frame whereby the trame is movable in both stand, means 'for detachably securing the same upon the floor of an automobile body, a bed frame comprising two foldably connected sections, means engageable with members of both or' said sections for releasably retaining the same in aligned relations with each other, means pivotally connected to said stand and slidably connected to one olf said frame sections whereby the frame is movable in bothV vertical and horizontal directions with respect to said stand.

5. An automobile bed vhaving a stand, means separably connected to said stand for securing the latter to the floor of an automobile body, a bed frame comprising head and oot sections constructed of tubular complementary side rails, and transverse bar members, the bar member oi: one of said sections being rigidly secured to the respectivel side rails, the bar ot the other sections being connected to the side rails thereot1 for movement longitudinal of the bed, flexible mattress supporting devices connected to both of said bars, screw devices for adjusting the aforesaid movable bar to regulate the mattress supporting devices, flexible means extending into the complementary side rails for foldably connecting said sections together, means pivotally connected to said stand and connected for axial movements to the side rails of one of said sections whereby said bed may selectively be supported upon said, floor in a substantially vertical position when folded or be supported by said stand, and means engageable by one or' sections 'and acting supplementary to said stand Vfor retaining said frame horizontally when in its extended position. -f

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 21st day of July, 1921.

' FRED B. COSPER. lVitnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, MARGARET Gr. SUPPLE. 

